Constructivism (mathematics) - Constructive Mathematicians Who Have Made Major Contributions To Constructivism

Constructive Mathematicians Who Have Made Major Contributions To Constructivism

  • Leopold Kronecker (old constructivism, semi-intuitionism)
  • L. E. J. Brouwer (forefather of intuitionism)
  • A. A. Markov (forefather of Russian school of construcitivism)
  • Arend Heyting (formalized intuitionistic logic and theories)
  • Per Martin-Löf (founder of constructive type theories)
  • Errett Bishop (promoted a version of constructivism which is consistent with classical mathematics)

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